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Where Do You Work-a, John?; If My Baby Cooks As Good As She Looks: Museum Object and Cultural History

Where Do You Work-a, John?; If My Baby Cooks As Good As She Looks: recording date: 1926. recording artist: Kaufman, Irving. manufacturer: Brunswick.

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The object in the museum catalogue

Billy Harper. side 1: Where Do You Work-a, John?; side 1: If My Baby Cooks As Good As She Looks (Brunswick 3408). 78 rpm.

Billy Harper is a pseudonym on Brunswick 3408 for Arthur Brown.

Materials, dates and provenance

  • recording date: 1926
  • recording artist: Kaufman, Irving
  • manufacturer: Brunswick
  • Object Name: sound recording
  • Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
  • Measurements: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
  • place made: United States
  • ID Number: 1986.0642.32
  • accession number: 1986.0642
  • maker number: 3408
  • catalog number: 1986.0642.32
  • Credit Line: Gift of James J. White III
  • Data Source: National Museum of American History

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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of American History through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed.

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